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This isn't your typical Jund deck in that ideally you want to discard
Griselbrand
off Faithless Looting turn one, cast Goryo's Vengeance turn two targeting
Griselbrand
, then swing with him before activating his ability to draw seven cards, gaining massive card and health advantage super early. This also serves to beef up Tarmogoyf quickly. Life from the Loam serves to grab lands and beef Tarmogoyf as well. There are 12 one drops in the deck so you're almost guaranteed to have a useful first turn play. Lightning Bolt/Fatal Push an enemy creature off the board or Raven's Crime a power spike out of your opponents hand, plusthe trick of retrace, dumping lands only to get them back with Life from the Loam. Kitchen Finks are great for your mid early game to keep you going until you can draw into
Griselbrand
and/or Goryo's Vengeance and Scavenging Ooze helps take plays away from dredge/recursion decks you play against. Kolaghan's Command is a great multifunctional tool that offers a versatile option in several different situations.Sideboard-Anger of the Gods is a boardwipe that will hit most decks, your only concern here is Tron decks.
Crumble to Dust
is a one of and it is a great way to take the ramp away from Tron or any deck playing a lot of nonbasics. Damnation is a great boardwipe that hits everything creature wise, so cast with Kitchen Finks on the board or save a Tarmogoyf for after. Dreadbore is extra spot removal that also pops pesky pkaneswalkers like Liliana of the Veil, Ugin, the Spirit Dragon and Karn Liberated. Molten Rain is another land popper that shocks as well so good stuff there. Night of Souls' Betrayal takes care of pesky token decks just use with caution as you might take some things off your own board if used too soon. Pithing Needle is a great way to shut down pesky abilities that give you problems. Shatterstorm takes care of affinity and any other decks running heavy artifacts. Surgical Extraction is total removal of all copies of a specific card, from hand, library, and graveyard. Could possibly mainboard if you're unfamiliar with the deck you're up against, for one black or 2 life it is a ton of free information. Nature's Claim is spot removal for one of artifacts like tron running Oblivion Stone. That pretty much covers the decklist, don't hesitate with any questions or suggestions! Also this deck is ranked at number 4 so please upvote and share! Lets get to number 1!

March 2, 2017
3 p.m.

March 2, 2017
3:02 p.m.

GreenisGod I've been playtesting the deck with -2 Grim Flayer, +1 Faithless Looting, +1 Griselbrand and I'm getting Vengeance into Griselbrand early more consistently. So there's a tradeoff of early pressure but I just don't get the +2/+2 proc early enough on flayer anyway since I don't have nearly enough discard for that.

March 3, 2017
9:10 a.m.

Yeah you would probably want 4, not worth it, that's why I passed on him in mine too, at least for now. I like the look now, you may find that you need more hand disruption but I think you have a good deck here. You could go to 23 lands for another Inquisition or a Thoughtseize, Kolaghan's Command has been one of my best cards because of its utility.

March 3, 2017
11:31 a.m.

March 3, 2017
12:54 p.m.

You could probably go down to 3 faithless lootings and keep 2 fatal push. Looting has flashback so you really don't need 4, especially since you have other ways to rid yourself of Grisel. Fatal push is so damn good, especially when you have so many fetches, you can always hit that revolt.

March 3, 2017
12:59 p.m.

March 3, 2017
1:04 p.m.

March 4, 2017
1:59 a.m.

Same thing he said he with my deck, make sure you have enough hand disruption. The best of which is lili of course, but you could run a few thoughtseize for sure. The issue is, where I don't need anything like goryos to get my offense going, because I play pyromancers for a lot of my offense, I need more instants and sorceries than you. After modern masters forces Lilis price down, we both need to find room for her, she wins games on her own, just too good to not have 3 of her at least.

March 4, 2017
1:16 p.m.

March 4, 2017
1:42 p.m.

March 4, 2017
2:54 p.m.

I love this deck idea. I played around with a jund variation of griselbrand but it was not working for me. So i revamped my deck into a Grixis Griselbrand with Jace Vryn Prodigy. Since then It has been doing wonders. Love this deck plus 1 for sure. Check out my grisel decks

March 8, 2017
1:25 p.m.

Love the Safe Haven addition! That'll be a great combo with your Grisel. Life from the Loam is also a great card and works perfectly with the combo. I'm not as sure about Borborygmos, yeah he has trample and combos with your stuff but I think it might take away from the consistency. I'm not sure, I guess I would have to see it in action, I'm just a little skeptical, I think there are cheaper mana cost options that do similar things. I would just much rather have a 4th Lili than a big 8 cost Cyclops. You could even run Primeval Titan if you're going heavier on the land combos.

March 8, 2017
1:48 p.m.

Probably another Loam will be best for consistency. Lili isn't gonna help your combo as much. It could go either way though, maybe start with Loam and if you don't like it then go full on Lili playset.

March 9, 2017
10:45 a.m.

March 9, 2017
10:54 a.m.

March 10, 2017
7:01 a.m.

This deck has some surprising similarities to my Jund Seismic Frog deck. Although mine is focused far more on the reanimation and land aspects, and is less jund goodstuff'ish.

Maybe you could get some inspiration! For instance, Raven's Crime is one of the best cards with Life from the Loam. Against a control matchup, getting Raven's Crime + Life makes the game pretty much unwinnable for your opponent.

March 10, 2017
10:11 p.m.

March 10, 2017
10:14 p.m.

Sure, it puts it on top of your library and isn't a body, but it's instant speed and 0 mana can make up for it.

You might want to remove one Safe Haven or at least add one other land to your list though. They don't tap for mana, so currently you are running effectively 21 lands, too few for Jund! I'd go for 23 (+ safe haven making it 24)

If I were going to cut any cards for lands, it would probably be Terminate (as Fatal Push kills most stuff that scares us).

March 11, 2017
8:58 a.m.

March 11, 2017
9:05 a.m.

no problem man. I'm a homebrewer so i love seeing interesting decks and not just the same ol' thing. Check out my Phyrexian Obliterator deck. Granted I altered it from another build I saw, so it's not entirely my own making, but it was quite the investment...not nearly this much, but im very impressed with this deck.

March 11, 2017
9:29 a.m.

It also Looks like this deck while still pretty consistent, will have some akward draws where you draw Griselbrand without Faithless Looting to ditch him, resulting in Card disadvantage, or Goryo's Vengeance without the big dude in the grave.

but Fulminator Mage. in some very fringe cases Molten Rain is better because it hit Basics (the only Scenario i can think of is against rg ponza, killing an equipped Basic land). But generally speaking, fulminator is a ton better. he can swing or block if you Need him to, and of Course, Kolaghan's Command.

I would say the choice is very clear between those 2 land hate Options.

March 20, 2017
4:10 p.m.

March 20, 2017
4:11 p.m.

Oh jesus that would be a major overhaul on the deck to go that route. Not sure what I would even swap out for the shoal wurm combo. I'll try it out on xmage and see what I think though. And I've considered adding a one of enchant and artifact for the goyf but haven't found anything worthwhile. I'll check out your suggestions though thank you!

March 20, 2017
4:23 p.m.

I'll just Point out that those changes would make this deck Grishoalbrand, a Combo deck thats really quite old. At that Point, it would kinda stop being your creation and become an Iteration of a known archetype, and in a way loose its purpose, which is to be a phenomenally cool homebrew in jund colors ;)

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